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Introduction to Linux - A Hands on Guide

This guide was created as an overview of the Linux Operating System, geared toward new users as an exploration tour and getting started guide, with exercises at the end of each chapter.
For more advanced trainees it can be a desktop reference, and a collection of the base knowledge needed to proceed with system and network administration. This book contains many real life examples derived from the author's experience as a Linux system and network administrator, trainer and consultant. They hope these examples will help you to get a better understanding of the Linux system and that you feel encouraged to try out things on your own.

these are commands that you need to run at the command line.
open a shell /terminal and at the prompt enter the commands as shown. (to make and install the modified code, you may need root privaliges)

MV, moves a file or renames it depending on the format used
CD, change directory (same as windows)
PATCH applies a patch or software change to some piece of code. If this is needed then wine won't run your app without being modified (patched).

I have not built wine from source myself, but i'd just follow the instructions (and backup any critical data first)

after changing dir to /home/sigurd/Downloads/wine/wine you are supposed to run

> ./configure

after i run that command i get an error

Code:

checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... no
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl... no
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details.

the tutorial says something about this, but i dont know how to progress

the tutorial says:
// always check the last few lines of the ./configure output for missing dependencies errors etc.
// If configure reports any problems then in most cases you will need to resolve the problem reported
// before continuing with the installation. With the release of 0.9.12 configure may complain about a
// couple of missing font programs. I tried installing these but whether you really need them I'm not sure.

You need to install gcc, which is a C compiler. This is necessary if you want to build software from source. Are you sure isn't a pre-built package for your distro, which is likely to be easier to install than installing from source.

looks like you don't have development tools installed , either that or GCC (the compiler) is not in your path.

I'm not a frequent Ubuntu user, but I think you should be able to use synaptic (probably in a menu called install new software)to check what is intalled. If GCC is not installed then install it.

if GCC is installed it will be in the folder /usr/bin (if Ubuntu is setup like mandriva). If it is there then you need to update your path to include this directory
this should be in a file called .bash_profile in your home directory.

hope this helps, sorry it's not precise but as I say I don't use Ubuntu